About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of Canon in Warhammer 40K and the implications of various sources on its lore.

Join hosts Ross and Alexis as they cover what it means for something to be Canon in Warah,mer 40K. They discuss what stays from edition changes to new Black Library books and other supplemental sources. Does a video game's lore beat out a White Dwarf article, if everything is Canon is nothing Canon, all these questions and more feature.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ross, Alexis

Topics covered

• Warhammer 40K
• Canon
• lore
• edition changes
• Black Library
• video game lore

Keywords

• Warhammer 40K
• Canon
• lore
• Black Library
• White Dwarf
• video games
• edition changes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Warhammer 40K, Black Library, White Dwarf

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